The Mac Mini's have always been where I live in Apple world. Back in like 2010 ish I went into a local Apple store looking for the lowest model of Mac Mini. The person helping me looked around and said "hmmm.... hold on one sec". I then watched as he walked over to the "boss" and he nodded his head and looked over at me. They walked over and said "Im so sorry we dont have any more of that model but we will sell you the high model for the same price if that works for you"...I was like....yup that works for me. haha. That single interaction sold me on Apple for a long time. Use to be amazing customer service.
A tutorial in Stockholm syndrome. Of course, I suffer from this too: in the absence of any other manufacturer providing a competitive product, I will inevitably go full hypocrite and buy Apple silicon at some point. Apple's pricing depends on their evil business ethos, which we continue to tolerate. I've always loved building/hacking/upgrading my own PCs to get best value, including upgrading RAM and SSD in macs. None of the big companies like that, and they are all ramping up their war against that. If Microsoft could enforce use of their App store (which they tried to get going with Windows 8 and UWP), they would. Apple is ramping up their war against users being able to install unsigned apps. We have to make access to our own purchases, for upgrade or repair, a government protected right (along with guaranteed universal health care). Bring back Roosevelt and Attlee.
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The Mac Mini's have always been where I live in Apple world. Back in like 2010 ish I went into a local Apple store looking for the lowest model of Mac Mini. The person helping me looked around and said "hmmm.... hold on one sec". I then watched as he walked over to the "boss" and he nodded his head and looked over at me. They walked over and said "Im so sorry we dont have any more of that model but we will sell you the high model for the same price if that works for you"...I was like....yup that works for me. haha. That single interaction sold me on Apple for a long time. Use to be amazing customer service.
A tutorial in Stockholm syndrome. Of course, I suffer from this too: in the absence of any other manufacturer providing a competitive product, I will inevitably go full hypocrite and buy Apple silicon at some point. Apple's pricing depends on their evil business ethos, which we continue to tolerate. I've always loved building/hacking/upgrading my own PCs to get best value, including upgrading RAM and SSD in macs. None of the big companies like that, and they are all ramping up their war against that. If Microsoft could enforce use of their App store (which they tried to get going with Windows 8 and UWP), they would. Apple is ramping up their war against users being able to install unsigned apps. We have to make access to our own purchases, for upgrade or repair, a government protected right (along with guaranteed universal health care). Bring back Roosevelt and Attlee.